What cal is a ar 7 never seen one
Adjusted for inflation, $49.95 in 1959 would be almost $450 today sooooooHere's what a stock AR-7 looks like. I wish you could still find them at that price!! View attachment 320667
A henry ar7 is around 300 or so, so not too bad.Adjusted for inflation, $49.95 in 1959 would be almost $450 today soooooo
ArmaLite produced the AR-7 from 1959-1973, at which point Charter Arms purchased the rights and took over AR-7 manufacturing from 1973-1990. The 90’s are when the problems started for our little handy AR-7, as it was kicked around from manufacturer to manufacturer. Most consider the Charter Arms ownership of the AR-7 brand the beginning of the dark period. It was never an expensive or exceptionally reliable rifle, but it went from good quality at Armalite to cheaper manufacturing at Charter Arms and was riddled with reliability and quality issues.
To say Charter Arms damaged the AR-7 reputation was an understatement. The 1990-1997 Survival Arms ownership neither restored or improved the reputation or the quality of the AR-7. Survival Arms did attempt to focus on just the quintessential AR-7 rifle and nixed the whole AR-7 pistol idea Charter Arms had launched.
Like the Henry Repeating Arms brand, the AR-7 was rescued by Mr. Anthony Imperato and his family owned firearms business. Henry reworked the design to increase reliability and further update the rifle with today’s manufacturing and high tech materials. The base of the original design still exists, and many older parts are still interchangeable, but the rifle has undergone a fairly significant barrel and stock upgrade under Henry Repeating’s stewardship.
The re-risen Henry Repeating Arms, now famous for the stunning, impeccably high quality Henry rifles everyone lusts after, have tackled the task of resurrecting the original idea and reliability of the inexpensive AR-7 survival rifle.
Like the idea of putting grease on the butt stock gasket.I keep the factory stock on my AR-7. The butt cap gets a bit of dielectric grease to maintain a water and dust proof seal The gun is meticulously clean and gently oiled and stowed in the stock.. My experience with my Charter Arms AR-7 is that it is best CLEAN!
Stowed with it stored it always works when needed, And always clean it when done using it.
This is the one I’ve taken a like to.
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Do you have a link to that one?This is the one I’ve taken a like to.
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